1918 New York Giants season

The 1918 New York Giants season was the franchise's 36th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 71–53 record, 10½ games behind the Chicago Cubs.

1918 New York Giants

1918 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHarry Hempstead
ManagersJohn McGraw
← 1917 Seasons 1919 →

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 84 45 0.651 49–25 35–20
New York Giants 71 53 0.573 10½ 35–21 36–32
Cincinnati Reds 68 60 0.531 15½ 46–24 22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 60 0.520 17 42–28 23–32
Brooklyn Robins 57 69 0.452 25½ 33–21 24–48
Philadelphia Phillies 55 68 0.447 26 27–29 28–39
Boston Braves 53 71 0.427 28½ 23–29 30–42
St. Louis Cardinals 51 78 0.395 33 32–40 19–38

Record vs. opponents edit


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Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 8–6 5–14 10–8 1–15 7–12 10–9 12–7
Brooklyn 6–8 10–9 6–12 8–12 9–8 10–9 8–11
Chicago 14–5 9–10 10–7–1 14–6 12–6 10–8–1 15–3
Cincinnati 8–10 12–6 7–10–1 12–7 12–7 4–12 13–8
New York 15–1 12–8 6–14 7–12 10–3 8–11 13–4
Philadelphia 12–7 8–9 6–12 7–12 3–10 11–7 8–11–2
Pittsburgh 9–10 9–10 8–10–1 12–4 11–8 7–11 9–7
St. Louis 7–12 11–8 3–15 8–13 4–13 11–8–2 7–9


Roster edit

1918 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Lew McCarty 86 257 69 .268 0 24
1B Walter Holke 88 326 82 .252 1 27
2B Larry Doyle 75 257 67 .261 3 36
SS Art Fletcher 124 468 123 .263 0 47
3B Heinie Zimmerman 121 463 126 .272 1 56
OF George Burns 119 465 135 .290 4 51
OF Ross Youngs 121 474 143 .302 1 25
OF Benny Kauff 67 270 85 .315 2 39

Other batters edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bill Rariden 69 183 41 .224 0 17
Joe Wilhoit 64 135 37 .274 0 15
Ed Sicking 46 132 33 .250 0 12
José Rodríguez 50 125 20 .160 0 15
Jim Thorpe 58 113 28 .248 1 11
Pete Compton 21 60 13 .217 0 5
Jay Kirke 17 56 14 .250 0 3
Bert Niehoff 7 23 6 .261 0 1
George Gibson 4 2 1 .500 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pol Perritt 35 233.0 18 13 2.74 60
Slim Sallee 18 132.0 8 8 2.25 33
Fred Toney 11 85.1 6 2 1.69 19
Jeff Tesreau 12 73.2 4 4 2.32 31
Jesse Barnes 9 54.2 6 1 1.81 12
Rube Benton 3 24.0 1 2 1.88 9

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Red Causey 29 158.1 11 6 2.79 48
Al Demaree 26 142.0 8 6 2.47 39
Fred Anderson 18 70.2 4 2 2.67 24
Bob Steele 12 66.0 3 5 2.59 24
Ferdie Schupp 10 33.1 0 1 7.56 22
George Smith 5 26.2 2 3 4.05 4

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jack Ogden 5 0 0 0 3.12 1
George Ross 1 0 0 1 0.00 2
Waite Hoyt 1 0 0 0 0.00 2

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